Time-card, pay-envelop, and daily-production record



M. ADLER.

TIME CARD, PAY ENVELOP, AND DAILY PRODUCTION RECORD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9.' I920.

Patented oct. 4, 1921.

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MARCUSADLER; or oiiicnieo, ILLINOISf TIME-CARD', PAY-nimmer, `Ann DA, Imr-i'jeoijiierrorilgiiriooriiif"1k To aZZ 107mm t may concern: y

. Be it known -tliat'L MARCUS ADLER, a -citizen of the United States, residing et Chi-1 cago, in the county'o't Cook and State of; Illinois, have invented certain neitT and use!V ful lmproveineiits in Timeards', Pay-Enf velops, and Daily-Production. Records, of

which the following is aspecitication, refer` enee being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.k Y Y l This invention relates to af combined time i card, Cle-ily production-record, and pay-enl particularly in An object of the invention isto vprovide a record, kon a single vpaperinstrumentality, of the time end daily-production of e ivorlnnan, 20,

' velop, and is adapted for'use in VWhere a number "ot operatives are e'iii- -1 ployed on time andpiece-workbasisyandl tailoring esteblislinieiits,Y

and ivhich instrumentality caiibe used es it ,pay-envelop, thereby obviating the necessity l ot Writing ont the record on a seperate time-v card and' using an additional pay-envelopl vMy improvement therefore. contempla-tes an improved type ot envelop, suitable for re?- ceiving the operatives Wages, and having certain data, mede `from time to time, upon which such Wages are computed.

Another object of the invention isi the .en

rangement of the data en the envelop in"v suchamanner that, after filing the record,

Y itcen be readily loont-ed by the identifyingl data placed-thereon. y y y l In order that the invention may be more readily compreliended, I have disclosed the seme in the 'accompanying drawings, these however, ymerely illustrative of a pre- .ferred and practical embodiment of the inV Vvention.

being In' these drawings 'Figure l is @view offoneside or aceoff,

y' the record-envelop; and

. sheet of paper. 5o

Fig. 2 is a View of the'n reverse side thereof.

In these drawings, the `numeral l designates en envelop, whichinay be of any size or .shape that will lend itself to the ie` ,curate keeping of the desired or required f record, and which may be inedeof a single j This envelop. comprises a.

faceQ and a back 3each bearing suitable printed directions oileg'ends for receiving certain data for the record,V and gi'immed closiire-leps l and 4. The edges of the sheet.v forming the envelop are brought to-' gether at A and sealed. Y.

factories Specieetion of Letters Patent; Patented OC.y 4:,v 1921. Application 'fi'iea December 9,1929. seriaifiio. 429,410; n

-In ord-er that :inaccurate record mayy bei kept ot'.the'houi'sfvvlien a Workman is on duty', the'face 2 of the envelop bearseertain printed mattei' ror legends with suitable 'blanks for filling in necessary information.` Foriiistence, the upper/poi'tion' is proll vided with a spacefor the` insertion, at'the extreme upper part thereof, of the Workinens. number and naine and', immediately vbelow this datas rthe amount earned.y The rcentral portion V6 is also provided with afir yspe-11e for the insertion ofthe day ofthe Week for which the record 'is keptpand the spa-ce immediately below tliis'is ruled ordivided yinto sections' or columns for entering addi- -tional date. lIn thefcolunindesignated by the'numeial 8, spaces are provided for entering theday of; the Week, which isfusually lprinted therein Whentheenvelop is `inserted inthe time-clock. land which column beers the legen'dDayW'; in' column'9,fthe time the :en i'ployee reportedA 'for Work vand Which bears the identifying legend Morning inf; in

column l0, the time'tliewvoikiiian stopped Work foinlunch and .Whichjbearsf the identi-l i'ying legend Noon outi; rin section 11, the

Vtime he" resumedv Work zitter-"lunch, end e Vwhich` bears the identifying;"leg-end Noon in? in .section 12, the timehe finished Work for thedey and Vivliich is indicated by the legeiidNight out; in columns' 13 'and '145, the overtimemade on any day and theihour .When the same ivas started'iindf completed,

and which columns bear lthe identifying legends Extra in `end Extra out`;fand ,A

in column l5, the totalnuinber of Working" hours'during the; day.V Theseseveral'eolumns 'or sections are preferably in alinement lwith each' otlieiv'and, as herefsliow'n, are in f horizontal alinem'ent.' T are -also of suti'icient ividtlito receive the printing of tlie":'

standard time clock; Y Injor'der to keepan accurate record of the production of leach Workman, the record-clerl enters, on the refv'erse y.Side of the envelop, inl the lspiice marked v18, the total number of lunitsof` production during each day. `In Vthis Way, a record of the efficiency of a workman is. kept. i ,.v

Y The lower portionlrof the faceprovides v 'spaces for the., entry ofthetotal'nuinber of vworking hoursduring y the week, and Awhich is id entiiied Total time,y therate of v pa therefor, and which bears the legend fR-ate,

.and the'totel amounto'f Wages eariiedffoiv that p eriod, and which is yidentified by the legend Total wages for week.

On the reverse side of the envelop, means are provided for keepingl a record of data when the'workman is engaged on pieceivork.

To this end, a space is provided'for the in sertion` of4 the lWorkrn-ans. number andthe character o r classv of work being done,land which space bears the identifying legends No and AClass of Work.v

Y I The back isisimilarly ruled to form eolumnsV or sections for the necessary entries: For instance, the rate of pay on the particular class otl work is entered in the colf 1umn designated 19 and which is identified by -the1expression Rate, andl any extras are noted in column 20, which bears the legend lxtras.7` F or keeping an accurate record fof the units of production'of .each Workman engaged on a piece-Work basis, spacejvQl-vis c provided yfurthe insertionof the total number otarticles completed, and which space I is'designated Units, the rate .in column 1 y22 which is designatedA Rate, an Vextras in column 23 wlnchis designatedzr ixtras, and the total amount earned during the day in column Qt'which is designated Amounc sav p y l, Preferably, the flap of the envelop is turned Y Each. day, the envelops are collected and 1 the amount earned i's'entered' in the space* v providedtherefor, and the `dailyrecord isf then charge-d to the payroll. yAt the end of, jthevveek orV similar period, the amounts ofV eaehpday-#as notedl on either Vor bothvsfides'V ofthe envelop are added up, and the'total is-indicated on the face 2 of the. envelop.

inuntil the end of the week and just Ypreceding the placingr `of the money therein, when yit is Withdrawn and sealed priorgtovdeliveryV to the Workman. Y Y

Vhen used as a time-card, the record keeperfills out an envelop for each Workman,v entering the date of the month, the

employees namefand yhis lclock number..V .These envelops are then placed in a rac-k be-V f side `the time-clock, and each time theuworkf Vfor piecevvork, the blank `spaces on the back vB are filled ont in the particulars as to date, number, and name, the same as when the en `velop is used as a time-card,and the record man goesA on and ofi" duty, he stamps the time in the space provided therefor on .the .enve1op,.in the customary manner.,

When the envelop is to be used asa record keeper enters, in the/spaces provided, the class of Work andthe number or units of articles completed or charged to the workman, with the rate ofV pay therefor', the sev eral sections or columns being 1n alinement with each other.v

f After the record-keeper has computed the i amount earned, either on the liour or piecevWork basis, he enters the number of hours or the number of` completed articles or- V units in the space opposite thev legend Total time, appearingfonthe'face of the envelop; then, on theV line below, he enters the rate of pay therefor; and, on the bottom line, he enters.VVV opposite the expression j Total Wages for Week, the total amount of wages due. This amount is also entered in the space providedY therefor at the top 5 of theenveiop. This 'Sunnis ,then placed in theY done by simply "turning the topsof the envvelops and selecting-the one bearing the desired Workmans number, the arrangementy of the data on the envelop being` such thatthe location of thewenvelop can he accom-A f plished quickly and Without withdrawing therecords of other Workmen to ascertain the numbers printed thereon.

Thissystem of. record-keepinghas beenL found*particularlyv useful in establishments employing large numbers of femaleV help Where the-State laws have fixed` the maximuni numberroi"v hoursof labor Vvfor such female help.V It is possibleA to ascertain,'very quickly, from. my record Whether the employee is a man ora ivomainand vthetotal number (of. hoursof' employment during any 100V and every working day. f Y

In systems tor/the keeping of records of the time or pieceivork of an employee With `Which I ,am familiar, three separate and 4distinct sets of records must be kept: In the first place, a time-cardor piece Work card is made out and then, at the end of the Week,

the pay envelop must be made out. `With my system, these records can simultaneously be kept ona single envelop. combining these two steps in theorie record;thereby giving the Workman a: complete vstatement otithe hours made each day, or the number of arti` cles 0r units completed, the rate of pay,

the total in hours or units for the week, Y

andthe amount earned. f Thus. a single instrumentalityin the form'of a Wage-receiving envelop-subserves a multifarious function, namely.' to vcarry certain data and to contain thejwages earned on those data,v

Fromthe foregoing,it Will'beapparent that `I have devised 'af recordfsystem which,

by the use of 'a single envelop, is adapted for the keeping of an accurate record ofthe hours of daily employment of a Workman, with the rate of pay therefor, thel total number of hours of employment during agiven period of time. and `the total amount of pay thereof. `in Vcombination with means for keeping an accurate record of any employee engaged in plecework, Including the num- Vber of completed articles or units turned 1in, the rate of pay therefor, and the total number' of completed articles and the amount earned during a given period of tiiiie.

The combined time-card7 daily production record, and pay-envelop forming the subjectinatterv ot' the present invention vis well adapted for use in conjunction with any of the f coupon register systems new in more or `less general use inplants of diif- -ierent kin-ds; but it is to be understood that its nseis not limited to that fieid, lin fact7 it is Within the contemplation of my inventionv to employ the sanie in various and many different Ways.

ll'lliat I claim is:

l; record-keeping system comprising an envelop having` on one face a series of rulings which divide the saine into a. commercial forni having appropriately designated spaces of size to'receive entries of an eniployees Work hours, and having on its reverse tace a series ofrulings which divideV the saine into a commercial form having appropriately designated spaces ofa size to receive entries oi' an employees timefwork data, there being 'on' one of the faces a se-y riesfoi rulings to Vforni appropriately designated spaces of size to receive entries ofthe total time, rate, and Weekly ivage-total noted vin the aforementioned spaces von both faces oi the envelop; the envelop being open at `one end to receive and liold the einployees earnings, as noted in saidlast-inentioned spaces;v

2. A recordgeeping system comprising-an Y designateo spaces of size to receive entries oi' an eniployees No., Class of Work,v

and Piece-Work data; said No space being located adgacent one side of the encated in proximity thereto, and said Pieceivorl receiving space beinglocated beneath said No, and Y Classof Work spaces; the envelop being open at one end to receive vand hold the employees earnings as noted in said Amount earned space.

Y In testimony whereof l affix my signature' in presence of two Witnesses. Y

MARCUS ADLER. l/Vitnesses fHnLniN E. WEISS, H'. (lfEvENs'oN.Y

velop, said Class oi Work space being lo- 

